Flag holder



J y 1940- D. w. CHANDLER FLAG HOLDER Filed July 14, 1938 4 w z k wvkvdwuqkvy f 0- kanczler' I WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE FLAG HOLDER Digby W. Chandler, New York, N. Y., assignor to Annin& 00., New York,

of New York Application July 14, 1938, Serial No. 219,174

1 Claim.

This invention relates to flag holders and more particularly to a flagholder adapted to be used in connection with an automobile bumper orsimilar structure where a rectangular surface is available on which theholder may be fastened. A

great number of with automobile flag holders adapted for use bumpershave been devised.

Most of these are used in connection with the bumper itself. types ofbumpers and considerable difficulty However, in view of the variousdifferent shapes thereof, has been met in securing a holder which wouldadapt itself to all makes,

shapes and sizes of bumpers. attachments have been on the result thatthe flag staff has Most of the prior the bumper itself with been bent orbroken when the bumper comes in contact with another object or when thebumper is run under a high object.

The object of this invention is to provide a flag holder which may beused on all types of bumpers and one which will position the staff awayfrom the contact face of the bumper so that it will not be injured bybeing pressed against other surfaces.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of myinvention attached to a conventional bumper spring, the

bumper being broken away tachment;

.to illustrate the at- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clamp membersand fastening means of my attachment;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

taken on the Referring more particularly to the drawing, the

numeral l0 indicates my attachment comprising two clamp members H andI2. The clamp members H and I2 may be formed of sheet iron, steel, orsimilar material and are generally J shaped in cross lip 13 for grippingber H has a slot purposes.

section, each of the members having a The clamp meml4 and the clampmember l2 a slot l5 for the reception of a flag staff IS. The

slots l4 and I5 are so positioned in the clamp members u and I2 thatthey register one with the other.

The slots l4 and I5 may be of any convenient size sufficiently largeenough to hold a normal staff l6.

The clamp member I2 is provided with an internally threaded hole I!adapted to register with a screw l8.

While in my N. Y., a corporation drawing I have shown a thumb screw l9,it will be appreciated that any suitable type of screw maybesubstitutedtherefor. The clamp member I l is provided with an elongated slot 20through which the screw l8 operates. On the screw I8 is a lock nut 2|which while shown in the form of an ordinary nut might well be a wingnut for easier application. The lock nut 2| definitely positions theclamp members I l and [2 with relation to each other. However, in actualuse this nut may be omitted since the tension upon the lips l3 caused bythe pressure of the thumb screw l9 will be sufficient to hold themembers II and It in their respective positions.

In operation the device Ill may be fastened on a spring 22 of a bumper23 or on any other suitable supporting member. The clamp members H andI2 are placed over the spring 22 and the staff l6 placed between thelips l3 and the spring 22. collapsed by sliding them toward each otheruntil the ends 24 and 25 thereof contact the edges of the spring 22 andthe screw I8 is tightened until the end 26 thereof comes into contactand exerts pressure against the spring 22. The lock nut 2| is thenscrewed down to insure a tight connection between the members II and I2.

It will be noted that the staff Hi will be held rigidly in place in theslots I4 and I 5 between the lips l3 and the spring member 22. BecauseThe members H and I2 are then porting member comprising a pair of clampmembers having inwardly extending lips, slots in each of said clampmembers adjacent said lips and adapted. to receive saidflag staff, ascrew threaded hole in one of said clamp members and a slot in the otherof said clamp members, a screw passing through said slot and said screwthreaded hole and adapted to press said supporting member in order toposition said staff between said supporting member and said lips, and alock nut on said screw adapted. to position said clamp members withrelation to each other.

DIGBY w. CHANDLER.

